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DECEMBER 5,,2014 - - - - 123,816AMERICANS ARE CANDIDATES ON THE UNOS TRANSPLANT WAIT LIST 101,954 waiting for a kidney 15,589 wait-listed for a liver 1,144 waiting for a pancreas 2,036 needing a Kidney-Pancreas 3,995 waiting for a life-saving heart 1,642 waiting for a lung 50 waiting for a heart-lung 257 waiting for small bowel One organ donor has the opportunity to save up to 8 lives One tissue donor has the opportunity to save and -or enhance the lives of 50 or more individuals An average of 21 people die everyday while waiting for a transplant. You have the power to SAVE Lives by becoming an organ, eye and tissue donor, so what are you waiting for? To learn how to register click HERE

Friday, February 24, 2012

Daughter gives father gift of life

The Expositor - Sparta, TN | Kim Swindell Wood

18-year-old prepares to donate kidney

A White County teen is getting ready for a once-in-a-lifetime “event” that will hopefully ensure the longevity of a man who has been an integral part of her life since the day she was born.

Sara Shanks, 18, will enter Vanderbilt University Hospital, on Feb. 28, 2012, along with her father, Jim Shanks. Sara will be donating one of her kidneys to her dad.

This is not Jim’s first time to be the recipient of a kidney. Approximately 20 years ago, he received a kidney from someone who had passed away and unselfishly donated their organs to those who were in need of transplants.

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